He Xiuhui looked at Jiang Xia, waiting for her agreement.
Jiang Xia said, "If you wanted to fulfill your responsibilities as a mother, you should have done it earlier! If it wasn't convenient to take Zhou Zhou with you, couldn't you have come back to see her from time to time? You made Zhou Zhou seem like she had a mother when she didn't. Besides, now that you want to fulfill your responsibilities as a mother, do you really want to fulfill those responsibilities, or are you worried that no one will support you in your old age? Are you trying to build a mother-daughter bond so your daughter will support you later?"
Mother Zhou nodded vigorously. "Exactly!"
Where had she been all this time? Even after remarrying, she could have come back to see Zhou Zhou! Their family had neither stopped her from remarrying nor prevented her from coming back to see Zhou Zhou.
He Xiuhui: "..."
"You want to fulfill your responsibilities as a mother and take Zhou Zhou away. Can you guarantee that she won't be bullied when she gets to your home? From what I've seen, you don't have an easy life at your in-laws' place either, do you? You can't even protect yourself, so how will you protect Zhou Zhou?"
Mother Zhou nodded vigorously.
There weren't many families in the entire town with better conditions than theirs!
He Xiuhui: "..."
"There's more. If you take Zhou Zhou away, can you give her a better life? What can you use to guarantee that she'll live better than she does now? If Zhou Zhou follows you to your home, I'm afraid she won't even have a room of her own, will she?"
Mother Zhou nodded vigorously!
He Xiuhui: "..."
There were only three rooms in the house: